Healthy eating & waste reduction

Now these may not seem like normal bed fellows, but as part of the Love Food Hate Waste Campaign volunteers from Shropshire Master Composters have been helping to encourage the public to reduce food waste.  And the campaign is now being backed by the Councils Sure Start Centres who work with young people and their families to improve socio-economic outcomes.

One thing that both want to deliver is improved cooking skills in the community which can benefit both objectives.  As such we have been working in partnership to stage public cookery demonstrations and give out recipe cards to families who attend the Sure Start Centres as a way to encourage people to think about food and cook from scratch.

 

Hopefully this will improve awareness of food generally and make people value food and acquire the basic skills to re-use and preserve food, therefore this should mean that less and less food ends up in the bin.

For more information about reducing food waste including recipe ideas, storage advice and tips to help you save money on your shopping visit http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/